| #e.22225 | Thursday 1:15PM to 2:45PM
November 15,
2012 | CM | 1.25 |
Climate Change is in our Business: Urbanization and Economic Growth in the 21st CenturySecurity & Sustainability ForuOnline, VA The fourth session in the Security and Sustainability Forum’s Urbanization in a Growing World series will explore sustainability, competitiveness and the effects of climate change on the private sector and entrepreneurship, given that cities are increasingly the engines of economic growth. We will also look at how the private sector can respond to and mitigate climate change.
Learning partner organizations for the series include the World Bank, the Woodrow Wilson Center, the Penn Institute for Urban Research, Abt Associates, and the International Housing Coalition. Attend the session to learn from:
Marc A. Weiss, Chairman and CEO of Global Urban Development, an international policy organization and a member of the steering committees of the United Nations-Habitat World Urban Campaign and its Best Practices and Policies Program, co-authored Sustainable Economic Development Strategies and assists with their implementation globally.
Michele Laird, Principal Associate with Abt Associates in the International Economic Growth Division, directs the USAID-funded Mexico Competitiveness Program, which works at the policy and institutional level, promoting private sector innovation, advancement of climate change mitigation and adaptation actions, and improvement in governance, in order to increase competitiveness sustainably.
Dr. Djordjija Petkoski, Senior Fellow at the Zicklin Center, Wharton Business School, following a 20 year World Bank career, brings global expertise in competitiveness and sustainable development at the national and corporate levels. He has taught, lectured, and published extensively on business and development issues, competitiveness and sustainable development, anti-corruption, governance, corporate responsibility, climate change, ethics, leadership and leading change.
Mathew Forstater, Full Professor of Economics, University of Missouri—Kansas City, and Founding Director, Center for Full Employment and Price Stability, and a Research Associate at the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College. He has served as an economic advisor in a variety of contexts, including crucial work in the aftermath of Argentina’s financial crisis, and has written and refereed extensively on green jobs.
More Instructors: Djordjija Petkoski AICP Dr. Djordjija Petkoski is Lead Specialist at the World Bank and the Head of the Business, Competitiveness, and Development team at the World Bank Institute. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Carol and Lawrence Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research, the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Since joining the World Bank in 1992,
Dr. Petkoski has focused on competitiveness and sustainable development, governance, corporate responsibility, ethics and anti-corruption, leadership and leading change, with work experience in Asia, Latin America, the Former Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa. In this capacity Petkoski has engaged with over 100 companies worldwide, including Nestle, Unilever, SAP, Mars Co. (8 Ratings)
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